Safety-shoe for loggers.



G L CLEMENT SAFETY SHOE FOR LOGGERS. APPLICATION FILED 11.13.18, 190e. 901,880.

Patented Ot. 20, 1908.

GUY L. CLEMENT, OF PORTLAND, REGN.

SAFETY-SHOE FOR LOGGERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Application filed March 18, 19Q8. Serial No. 421,773.

To all whom itma'y concern:

Be it known that I, GUY L. CLEMENT, a

'citizen of the United States, residing at Portland, in the county of Multnomah and State of Oregon, have invented new and useful Improvements in Safety-Shoes for Loggers, of whichthe. following is a speciication.

- My invention relates to a safety shoe for the use of loggers, shinglers, and others who have occasion to climb aroundin exposed, slippery and dangerous places.

The invention comprehends a shoe having,

a iiexible metal sole provided with spurs to engage and hold in the surface walked over; said shoe having a hinged heel portion which permits the ready putting on and removal of the shoe, and at the same time `forms a socket or seat for the "heel of the boot or ordinary shoe of the wearer.

This shoe 1s also provided with a side spur p attachment whereby a secure hold may be obtained in case it 1s impossible or incon venient to secure the same by the spurs on the bottom of the shoe.

The drawing is a perspective view showing the invention.

In the actual practice of the invention I have made the sole of myshoe of sheet metal, preferably of sheet steel, and the sole of the shoe is preferably made in two sections 23 connected together across the ball of the foot by two iiexible spring steel strips 4. The parts 2;-3 join each other and are shaped like the sole in ordinary shoes, and the purpose of the spring connectors 4 is to give flexibility to the otherwise stili sole, in walking or climbing.

5 is a heel section hinged to the sole sec tion, as shown at 6, and is adapted to swing down to'allow the safety shoe to be easily put on or taken ofi". The heel section 5, when the shoe is in position on the wearer, is one-fourthof an inch, more or less, below Jthe plane of the sole, so that the shoulder formed by the hinged part provides as ledge against which the front portion of the regular heel 7 of the ordinary shoe worn by the wearer, may abut, and be prevented from slipping forward.

This safety shoe is adapted to be worn over `the ordinary boot or shoe of the wearer, and is held thereon by any suitable means, as the laced toe-straps 8 and the heel leather 9 with its ankle strap 10. The heel leather 9, which forms the backsupport for the foot, may be secured to the metal heel 5 by any suitable means; likewise the top straps 8 may be suitably connected to the sole. In the present instance I have slit the heel and sole and con- VJ,nected the leather portionsof the shoe thereto by the metalclips or straps 12. The front portion of the sole has secured to it the upwardly extending sides'2, and the metal clips l2 are secured to these side members and extend downwardly and have their lower ends bent upwardly into engagement with the slots formed near the edge of' the front member of the sole.

The heel and the sole of this safety shoe are suitably studded with steel pins or projections 11 adapted to engage the surface walked or climbedover to prevent the wearer of the shoe from slipping.

Suitably secured to each metal heel 5 and `extending a short distance upward onthe inner side of the shoe and along the side of the boot-heel 7, is a metal lug 13 carrying a spur 14. This lateral spur 14 enables the side of the foot to be used to geta secure foothold, and is of such shape and length that if the foot should slip, or the foot should turn, the spurs or spikes on the bottom of the shoe would be brought into play.

\ Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent i l. Ina shoe ofthe character described, the combination with a metal sole, and 'a metal heel portion hinged thereto in a plane slightly lower than that of the sole, said sole consisting of two parts flexibly connected to permit it to'yield in walking, the forwardV of said parts having a series of slots near the edge, and a series of downwardly projecting pins, saidvforward portion having upwardly projecting sides, and metal clips secured to said sides and extending down over 'the edge of said forward portion of the sole and having their lower ends bent upwardly into engagement with the slots therein.

2. In a shoe of the character described, the combination with a metalsole, ofA a metal heel portion hinged thereto in a plane slightly lower than that of the sole, said heel portion having a series of slots near the edge and Patentedjoet. 2o, 190s.

having downwardly projecting pins, a.. heel f leather, and metal clips secured to said leather and extending down over the edge of the heel portion and having their lower ends bent upwardly into engagement with' said slots.

3. In av shoe of the character described the combination with a metal sole, of a metal heel portion hinged t-hereto in a plane slightly lower than that of the sole, said heel portion 5 having a series of slits near the edge and having downwardly projecting pins, a heel leather, and metal clips secured to said leather and extending down over the edge of the heel portion and having their lower ends 10 bent upwardly into engagement with said slits, a metal lug secured to said heel portion and bent upwardly above the inner edge thereof, and provided with a spur, and an ankle strap secured to the heel leather.

Iii-testimony whereof I have hereunto set 15 my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GUY L. CLEMENT.

Witnesses STERRETTA JOHNSTON, MAY MORRIS. 

